Dignidad, National Archive of Chile performance, series of Dignidad, 2018

By: María Verónica San Martín, Luis Cobelo and Yolanda Leal
Curator: Fabian Goncálves
AMA Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC

Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) has joined with a special project curated by Fabian Goncálves, that will feature a compilation of material and the work of women artists who have played a central role in the development of new media practices throughout history, as well as by women and non binary people whose forward-thinking practices are currently reshaping the field.

Venezuelan artist Luis Cobelo (PILAR) will be part of AMA with a performance, Yolanda Leal from Mexico will present the performance Gorilla Nature and a special performance will also be presented by María Veroónica San Martin.

Dignidad is an art installation at The National Archive of Chile based on secret telephone documents about Colonia Dignidad. Found in 2012 by the ex-settler and activist, Winfried Hempel, the audios reveal for the first time to the public conversations between Paul Schäfer and other Nazi agents in 1978. Through sculpture, sound, performance, text, and a selection of historical archives, the installation reveals a complex system of codes and transcontinental actions that culminated in crimes against minors and opponents of the Chilean civic-military dictatorship (1973-1990).

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